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I recall in one of my rotary
article I have written that Buddha was telling to a common
person to keep one’s behavior such that other people start
imitating it, this the easiest way of becoming saint. This
person, we are going to read about whom, was the living
example for Buddha's saying. He was neither a priest or
founder of any religious panth. His life is the story of
emergence of a common people as one the most accepted Sant
of Sindhi Samaj.
 Sant
Baba Gopaldas was born in the Kambar village of Sindhi
province, which after the partition become part of
Pakistan. From early childhood he was devotee of the
Kambar Darbar and was disciple of Guru Vishandas Sahib. A
phrase which was often listened by the people who came in
the contact of Gopaldas ji was Ram Tumhara Bhala Kare [May
God do good for you] He was engaged in the worship of Guru
and God to such extent that he forget about the marriage
of his two daughters, but Guru Vishandas Sahib ji kept
that in mind and at proper time arranged their marriage
with Prabhdas and Paramand. In the future the duo became
famous as the Son- in-laws of Kambar Darbar.
After the partition Kambar Darbar was shifted to Kandivili
the suburb of Mumbai, while Shri Gopaldas and his family
shifted to
Gandhinagar Kolhapur. Here he found Bhai
Sanmukhdas Darbar, where he used to listen and perform the
Satsang. He was the first person in the village who
started the early morning procession with Ram Dhun .
Slowly and gradually people started listing his Satsang
and as they found it meaningful hence the number of
followers starts gaining numbers. It was his style of
meditation that fetched him, to extend his reach up to
God. According to him not only doing but even thinking bad
about others is sin so we must avoid it. We must try to
distribute happiness among others and keep our self busy
in the worship of the God, who mercifully created this
world for us. If you facing series of sorrows don’t panic,
the coin will turn surely and all the sorrow will become
the pleasure. If the God has given you these unhappy
moments, he is bound to bring happiness in your life.
It was morning of 29th January 1972 when dispels of Baba
Ji found his motion less body and around 8 O’clock when
doctor was summoned he found non functional pluses and
declared that Baba ji left the body for heavenly abode.
Preparations for the crimination were started but a
miracle was still left, a happening was to take place,
against the all set norms of the medical science. A
person, whose heart beats were stopped almost two hours
back was back to life. Baba Gopaldas slowly get up from
the death bed as one awakes from the bed in the morning,
He asked gathered devotees to clean a place with Gow mutra
and cow dung and with the help of some others sit before
the photos of his Guru and other Gods. After being some
time in the status of meditation Baba ji expressed will of
laying down at that cleaned place and narrated about the
end of his journey. Devotees of Baba ji constructed a
temple “Baba Gopaldas Mandir” in the heart of city at
Gandhinagar. Today this temple is among the most prominent
temples of the city not only this but “Gopal Swami Trust”
and “Datta Kurpa Trust” are functional to help the poor
and needy people. We never forget the words “Ram Tumhara
Bhala Kare”. |